Are Students Distracted By Technology

In the article, “Technology creating generation of distracted students,” Nena Prakash asserts that students are commonly distracted by technology. With technology advancing, students are not capable of focusing for long periods of time, state Prakash. She says that the students are getting distracted with the many resources that are displayed online. Therefore, resulting in time management problems, due to the amount of time these students spend on the internet, claims the author. I agree that students are being distracted by technology because of natural environment and multitasking abilities. For decades, students have been living in an environment of technology. Those students who are born with technology will have a harder time focusing

In the 21st century, students will argue that they can multi-task without any problems. Since multi-tasking is very common among students, they start to forget the harm they are actually causing themselves. Multitasking is not really multi-tasking; it is really task-switching. When students task-switch, not only are they trying to do many things at once, but they are actually not working any quicker. In fact, they are distracting their brain from concentrating specifically on only one activity. This causes short term memory on students. If they listen to music and do their homework, their brain is trying to process both the sounds and lyrics of the music, and the reading, and writing that are being used to do their homework. Once it is time to take a test, students will perform poorly because they were not able to concentrate on only one thing. Therefore, making it hard to remember what they learned. Also, since a majority of students have a cell phone, keeping in mind that they are able to access many applications on it, these students will keep getting distracted with the amount of technology that is available to them. For example, in the article, “Is modern technology creating a culture of distraction?” Mathew Ingram explains how students are increasingly distracted and are less able to pay attention when multi-tasking. Ingram says that students may think we are getting things accomplished, when in reality we are not. He claims that multi-tasking overloads our brain's ability to concentrate. Ingram states that this multitasking distraction with technology is a worsening condition. When students lose their focus to multi-tasking with technology, they tend to be less productive and